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Bensaidites excavatus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Maenioceratidae

Taxonomy
Goniatites excavatus was named by Phillips (1841).

It was recombined as Bensaidites excavatus by Korn and Klug (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Goniatites excavatus Phillips
2002Bensaidites excavatus Korn and Klug p. 140

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
orderAgoniatitidaRuzhencev 1957
suborderPharciceratina(Korn 1998)
superfamilyPharciceratoidea(Hyatt 1900)
familyMaenioceratidaeBogoslovsky 1958
genusBensaidites
speciesexcavatus(Phillips 1841)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Bensaidites excavatus Phillips 1841
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:38:07
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:38:07
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003
Collections
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